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Mark Goulston and John Ullmen: An interview by Bob Morris

March 18, 2013

Mark Goulston, M.D., is a prominent psychiatrist, business advisor, and executive coach. He is co-founder of Heartfelt Leadership whose mission is: “Daring to Care.” He is the author of the bestselling Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to…

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How to Survive Networking Events by Being Generous

March 18, 2013

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * You’re not the only one who walks into a networking…

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Judgment On the Front Line: A book review by Bob Morris

March 18, 2013

Judgment On the Front Line: Why the Smartest Companies Trust their People to Make Real Decisions Chris DeRose and Noel Tichy Portfolio/Penguin Group (2013) How to Build and Then Sustain a Front Line-Focused Organization The implications of the title of…

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Findings of Harvard Business School’s 2012 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

March 18, 2013

I am grateful to Danny Stern for the head’s up about a survey that Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter conducted under the sponsorship of Harvard Business School. Here’s the Executive Summary of the survey, “Competition…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/11/13)

March 17, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Can’t Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results Bob Garfield and Doug Levy The Future Arrived Yesterday: The…

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To Become More Adaptable, Take a Lesson from Biology

March 17, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rafe Sagarin for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *…

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Can’t Buy Me Like: A book review by Bob Morris

March 17, 2013

Can’t Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results Bob Garfield and Doug Levy Portfolio/Penguin (2013) “Absent now the ability to mesmerize the public on a mass scale, how can you be on the right side of all…

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Ilene Gordon (Ingredion) in “The Corner Office”

March 17, 2013

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Ilene Gordon, C.E.O. of Ingredion,…

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Lee LeFever: An interview by Bob Morris

March 16, 2013

Lee LeFever is the founder of Common Craft and author of The Art of Explanation – Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand. In 2007 he saw an opportunity to explain technology using short animated videos. Starting with…

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The Future Arrived Yesterday: A book review by Bob Morris

March 16, 2013

The Future Arrived Yesterday: The Rise of the Protean Corporation and What It Means for You Michael Malone Crown Business (2009) The Protean Corporation: “A new business model for a new world” Once again, Charles Darwin’s explanation of the importance…

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